Easy rice fry

Serves 2
Ingredients
1 cup of rice (half boil it with salt and drain it to make grains separate )

A handful of ground nuts
1/2 tsp of mustard seeds
1/2 tsp of jeera seeds
1 medium size onion sliced
2 green chillied chopped
Coriander to garnish
1 tsp of tamarind soaked in half cup of water for 10 minutes.
Oil to temper about 3 Tbsp

Method
Take oil in pan and let it get hot .
Put mustard seeds let it splutter followed by jeera seeds , ground nuts .
Put onion ,Let onion get light brown . Thrown in green chillies and immedietly turn rice over the pot . Mix everything nicely and strain and pour tamarind water over rice , close the lid and let rice cook . If rice is not done sprinkle some more water. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with your choice of pickle and fried papad .

Almond wheat cake in pot

Healthy and tasty wheat almond cake is best for daily intake of nutrition for my kiddies . And it is cooked in 30 minutes.

Ingredients
1 cup of coarsely grinded almond about 200 gms
1 cup of wheat flour / all purpose flour .
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of baking soda
4 tsp of coco powder
A pinch of salt
1 cup of eggs
1 cup of butter unsalted or ghee or veg oil .

Method
Put a big cooking pot on a fire on medium flame. Put a base plate or tray upside down  so that your baking tray does not touch the pot.
This way we are pre heating the pot for a while.

In the mean time take 1 cup of eggs , whisk or churn them in mixer untill you see froth.
Mix flour and churn it again , followed by almond and other ingredients one by one .
Oil your baking tray , and pour your mixture evenly on the tray . This whole method takes less than ten minutes .  now keep your pot nicely inside the pot on a base tray . Cover the. Glass lid and watch the cake rising . After 15-20 minutes you can check cake by inserting tooth pick or knife if it comes clean means its done . Off flame and let it stay untill it gets cold . And you will have delicious cake ready in 30 minutes.